Electric assembling machine



Nov. 8, 1927.

E. N. TAYLOR ELECTRIC ASSEMBLING MACHINE 5 Sheds-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 19, 1925 Nov. 8, 1927.

E. NJTAYLOR ELECTRIC ASSEMBLING MACHINE I Filed D90. 19, 1925 5 She ets-Shei; 2

INVENTOR.

NIH

TORNEYZ.

Nqv. s, 1921 TAYLOR ELECTRIC AS SEMBLING MACHINE Fired Doc 19 1925 5 Sheets-Shut 3 Nov. 8, 1927. 1,648,010

- .E. N. TAYLOR ELECTRIC ASSEMBLIHG MACHINE Filed we; 19, 1925 5- Sheets-Sheet 5 '1' a 451; ATTORNEYS.

.35 of the arrows.

Patented: Nov. 8, 1927.

UNITED STATES Y man a nnwaan n. TAYLOR, or nrrn'nmomcmtm-Nnw l'rnnsny, ASSIGNOR r nn nouns-r- RADIO COMPANY, or JEBSEY'CITY, zmwannsnv, A ooaronarron or DELAWARE...

" anaemic .essnfiiailiNG Manama. I

' 'a ucauonnl ii December- 19,1825 sefi nmvenes.

My invention relates broadly to an assem bling machine; More particularly, this invention is directed to a 'd leak assembling machine by means-of 'w lich it; is possible to l constriic't grid leaks of the cartridge type for use in radiocircuits.

One of the objects] of this invention isthe construction of a machine by the use of which it is possible to rapidly and economcally assemble the component parts of gridleaks with minimum A further object of the invention is the provision of a machine of a semiautomatic nature the use of which makes it possible for one Operator to turn out large quantities of the finished product.

My invention resides substantially in the construction, combination and relative arrangement of parts, as will'bemore fully pointed out hereinafter.

Referring to the drawi same reference numeral will be used throughout the several views to. indicate the same part, I

Fig.- 1 is a side elevational view of the mach ne of my invention. 5

breakage and wastage Fig. 2 is atop plan view of my machine with some of the parts broken away.

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view of my invention. 1

Fig. 4 isavertical sectional view with some of the parts broken away, taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction Fig. 5 is a sectional elevational view showingthe gate. operating cam;

Fig. 6 is a vertlcal sect1onal view of a de? tail of my invention taken on the line 6-6 v of Fig. 5,, looking in the' direction of the arrows. I

Fig. 7 is a more or less di of the welding-blocks land tlieir supports, showing the method of cooling-the blocks.

Fig. 8, is a verticalsectional view of the welding blocks and their supports, taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 9, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 9 is a top plan view of the welding blocks and their supports, showing the method of cooling them, as well as a device for sliding one "set other set.

ngs, in which tha agrammatic view of blocks towards the] Fig. 10 is a side elevational view of oneof the spring fin ers used for holding the parts to be assem led.

Fig. 11 is a vertical sectional vi spring finger taken on the "line 1I11 in arrows. This view also shows the means for 00 raising the assembled parts from between the welding blocks after the heating period.

the welding blocks showing the methodof 5 mounting them on their supports.

. Fig. 15 is an enlarged cross-sectional view in detail of a grid leak forced between the welding'blocks. Fig. 16 is an e pleted grid leak,

Fig. 17 is an enlarged det'a levational View of a com A il View of the cam operated switch for closing the electrical heating circuit to the welding bloc-ks. In the manufacture of large quantities of small pieces of equipment such as grid leaks for use in radio clrcuits it is desirable to secure some means of rapidly and conveniently assembling the component parts of the grid leaks and holding them in their assembled positionwhile they are soldered together into a unitary structure. It is therefore one of the particular objects of .my invention to produce a machine or-device v which will be adapted for the production of large quantities of completedgrid leaks. Although I. describe the construction and 1 operation of this machine in connection with grid leaks,- I do not, of course, desire tobe limited specifically to-this use. It is evident that I have produced a machine which is capable of welding together. the parts of many types ofismall objects. ciples of operation of the machine of my invention are capable of embodiment in many types ofassembling machines, and e thereforeI do not wishto be understood as ar bhng machines excluswely.

ew fof the. Fig. '10,, looking in the' direction of the The" prining these principles to grid leak assemhaving secured thereto a motor 1. It is, of course, evident that other sources of power may be used for operating my machine; but the most desirable form is that of the electrical drive which I have illustrated in my drawings. Mounted on the bed plate at the same end of the machine as support- 3 (see Figs. 2 and 3) is a vertical, support 5, being Y-shaped at its upper end. J ournaled in the upper end of the support 5 is a worm 6 mounted'on a shaft which is secured by means of coupling? to the driving means 4. This worm 6 meshes with a worm wheel 8 which is rigidly secured to a horizontal shaft 16 journaled at one end in the upright 5 and at the other in a bearing block 16". 'Rigidly secured to the horizontal shaft 16 is a toothed wheel 9 which drives by means of link belt. 10 a larger toothed wheel 11, whichin' turn is mounted on a horizontal shaft 19. To provide means for taking up" any slack in the link belt 10, the small toothed wheel 13 is mounted on the support 12 secured to the bed plate in such a man nor that the toothed wheel may be moved withrespect to the chain in order to adjust its tension.

A bearing member 15 is secured to the bed plate and forms a journal for the shaft 19. Mounted on the shaft is a large cam 18 on which rides a cam follower rigidly secured to an arm 21 pivotally attached to a vertical- 1y slidable gate member 22 which is free to move in grooves in a framework 23, 23,-

secured to the bed plate. On the opposite side of the gate member 22 is a horizontal arm 24 adapted to move vertically with the gate member, and having secured to it at its outer free end a number of depending fingers 25, for a purpose which will be exlained later. The arm 24 also has depending from it a centering pin 25, the use of which will be described hereinafter. A At the end of the bed plate opposite to that which supports the power source is a large vertical post 26 upon which is mounted Y a hor'iZontal-revolvable table 28 by means of a shaft 27 which extends into the post 26.

"Also mounted on the shaft 27 and rigidly rby is secured to horizontal shaft 16. Depending from the horizontal table 28, near the periphery thereof are a number of spring fingers 31 shown diagrammatically in Figs. 1 and 4:, and in detail inFigs. 10 to 13.

Extendin from the side of the vertical framework 23, nearest the revolvable table 28, are two vertical parallel plates 32 which form a bearing member having a short horizontal shaft upon which is rigidly mount- .ed ashort lever arm 33. Between the two parallel plates 32 and mounted on shaft 19 is a cam member 34 uponwhich rides the cam follower 34: which is secured to the lower end of the lever 33. At the upper end of the lever 33 is securely attached a short arm 35 which has at its free end yoke member 40, and two smaller yoke members 41 which press againstthe movable parts of thewelding blocks 42. As 'the cam folv lower 34 rides up on the hump on cam 34:, the yoke member 40 is forced forward against the action of spring 36 to cause the.

movable halves of the welding blocks 42 to rigidly clamp the parts to be welded be-' tween them and the halves of the welding blocks. This action will be explained more fully hereinafter. The movable halves 42 of thewelding blocks and the halves 38 are mounted upon an insulating support 37.

In Fig. 9, the cables 39 represent theter ininals of the electrical circuit through the welding blocks.

In Fig. 7 the dotted line indicates the path of the electrical current through the welding blocks. In this figure is also shown the path of the cooling water by means of tached to it a cam follower which rides in the grooves of cam 44. Attached to the cam follower end of this short lever arm 47 is a "link member 47 secured to ate 50 vertically slidable in the framework 23, and having mounted on its upper edge the fingers 4C9. This gate member 50 is mounted under the welding blocks and its action will be described later. On the other side of the framework 23 is provided a short lever arm 46 which has at its outer free end a short link member connecting it with the arm 21 which has a cam follower riding in the grooves of cam 18. The purpose of the two arms 4.6 and 47 is to absorb .any side thrust 50 are forced upwardly and downwardly. due to the. action of the cam grooves on their respective follow rs. By mounting the arms 21 and 47 pivota ly to their respective gate members and providing the thrust absorbing arms 46 and 47, it is possible to vwhich may be produced as the gates 22 and eliminate the possibility of the gates jam:

min in their guideways as they move backwar and forward.

Referring now to Figs. to 15, thereis shown more clearly the construction oi? the spring fingers 31 as well as the functions of the fingers and 49. J

of the'spring fingers 31 are a plurality of spring clips 51 which force small buttons '52 through holes in the walls of the hollow body to form obstructions within the hollow wall. 7

In Fig. 12 is shown the method of resiliently mounting the depending, rods 25. Attached to the arm 24 is a small. thimble member 53 which is clamped thereon by means of 'a nut 53. Within-the thimble 53 is a hollow chamber having a small-threaded plug 55 in its upper end, which forms a closed chamber to house the coil spring 54. This spring 54 presses the finger 25 down- -wardly so that-as the arm 24 descends proment 72, which has its ends copper-plated,

and which is soldered at these ends to the caps 71, 71 by means of solder (73'), see Fig. 15. I

In Fig. 17 is disclosed the cam operated switch for closing the electrical circuit to the welding blocks. Mounted on the shaft 19 is a small cam 75 which as it rotates forces downwardly the spring arm 7 4 which closes the electrical circuit between the two cable ends 39, 39. This switch is secured on an insulating base 76 to the bed plate of the machine. 1

Operation of the machine.

As shown in the specific embodiment of this machine, it is int-ended that four grid leaksbe soldered at one time. Therefore the machine is so constructed that at the end of each movement of the table 28, four unassembled grid leaks are presented to the welding blocks. As soon as the-table becoines sta- Mounted on the hollow cylindrical body to force the tionary, the gate 22"descends.and forces the unassembled grid leak down between the welding blocks 38 and 42 by means of the spring pressed fingers '25, as shown in Fig. 12. The cam switch then closes, and the electrical current passes through the welding blocks and the ends of the caps between them generating sufficient heat to. cause the solder to flow and weld the .parts together.' As is. well known, a lovs voltage, high cur-.

rent source of operation.

The current is on for a very short period after which the cam switch opens .and the blocks are rapidly cooled by the cooling water flowing through them.

The nextstep in the operation of the machine is to force the partly completed grid power is desirable with this leak up from between-the welding blocks.

This is accomplished by the upward movement of. the lower gate and its fingers 49 which extend throu h the welding blocks supports and upwardly between them, as is clearly shown in Fig. 11. The small spring pressed button on the spring finger 31 retains the grid leak ,in this upward position. The horizontal table 28 thenmoves onward until'four unwelded grid leaks are presented to the welding blocks.

As the spring fingers 31 containing thewelded grid leaks move under the finger 25 on the outer end of the arm 24, they are forced out of the spring fingers 31 as the arm 24 descends into a suitable receptacle.

It is, of course, evident that they must go through'a similar operation .to weld the other cap on to the other end.

In order to make it easy for the cap 71 to slip between the welding block halves 38 and 42, one set 42 is moved away from-the set 38 by means of the cam 34. After the caps to be welded are down in place between theblocks the cam forces the movable member 42 towards the stationary members so as to tightly clamp the caps so that the currentmay readilyfiow through them;

. The centering pin 25 mounted on the arm 24descends into the openings 28 on the table 28 slightly ahead of the finger 25. This pin 25 is tapered 'at its free end so as to serve as a centering means so that the fingers 25 will meet no obstructions as they descend grid leaks between the welding blocks. 7

It will thus be seen by the foregoing description that I have provided a new and novel machine for readily assembling together the individual parts of small products and more particularly grid leaks. I do not, of course, desire to be strictly limited to the-embodiment of. my invention which I have shown for purposes of illustration; but desire rather to be limited only by the spirit and scope of my invention, as I have defined it in the appended claims.

Having now set forth-the objects and nature of my invention, and having shown and described a specific embodiment thereof, what I claim as new and useful'and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In an assembling'machine of the type described,- the combination of a rotatable table having spring fingers thereon for holding .the parts to be assembled, electrical means forclamping and heating the parts, and means for revolving said table to bring said fingers into alignment with said heating means andto operate said means to perform its clamping function. r

2. In an assembling machine of the type described, the combination of a rotatable table having fingers thereon for holding the arts to be assembled, clamping means for lieating the parts, and electrical means for revolving said table to bring said fingers into alignment with said heating means and to operate said means to perform its clamping function, p

3. In an assembling machine of the type described, the combination of a rotatable table having fingers thereon for holding the parts to be assembled, electrical means for clamping and heating the parts, and means for intermittently revolving said table to bring said fingers into alignment with said heating means and to operate said means to perform its clamping function.

4:. In an assembling machine, a revolvable table, a plurality of means on said table for holding the parts to be assembled, means for heating the parts,means for forcingv the parts into operative relation with said heating means,'means for forcing the parts out of operative relation with said heating means after the heating means have cooled, and means for releasing said parts after the table is moved away from said heating means.

5. In an-assembling machine, a revolvable table, a plurality of means on said table for holding the parts to be assembled, electrical means for heating the parts, means for forcing the parts into operative relation with said heating means, means for forcing the parts out of operative relation with said heating means after the heating means have cooled, and means for releasing said parts after the table is moved'away from'said heating means.

(3. Inan assembling machine, a revolvable table, means for intermittently moving said table, means on said table for-holding the parts to be assembled, means for heating the parts. means for pressing the parts into contact with said heating means. and means for forcing the parts after-heating out of contact with said heating means, and means for removing the parts from said holding means;

7. In an assembling machine, a revolvable' table, means for intermittently moving said table, means on said table for holding the parts to be assembled, electrical means for heating the parts, means for'pressing the parts into contact with said heating means,-

and means for forcing'the parts after heating out of contact with said heating means, and means for removing the parts from said holding means.

8. In an assembling machine, means forholdingthe parts to be assembled, cam means for intermittently causing said holding means to rotate, means for heating the parts, cam operated means for pressing the parts into contact with said-heating means,

cam operated means for forcing the parts out of contact with said heating means after the heating operation, and cam operated means for releasing the assembled parts from said holdin means.

9. In an assembling machine, means for holding the parts to be assembled, cam means for' intermittently causing said holding means to rotate, means for heating the parts, comprising a plurality of opposed conductin blocks forming jaws to receive the parts to be heated, cam operated means for pressing the parts into contact with said heating means. cam operated means for forcing thr parts o'u-t of contact with said heating means afterthe heating operation, and cam operated means for releasing the assembled parts from said holding means.

10 In an assembling machine, a revolvable table having depending from the marginal edge thereof a plurality of springfingers to receive the parts to be assembled,

nieansfor moving the table, means for heat ing the parts, and cam operated means for energizing said heating means, said cam means being connected to said table moving mean-s.

11. In an assembling machine, a revolv able table having depending from the marginal edge thereof a plurality of spring fingers to receive the parts to be assembled, means for moving the table, electrical means forheating the parts, and a cam operated switch for energizing said heating means,

' said table moving means operating said cam.

12. In an assembling machine, a revolvable table, hav ng depending from the'mar- .ginal edge thereof a plurality of spring fingers to receive the parts to be assembled, means for moving the table comprising a Geneva movement, means for heating the parts, and cam operated means for energizing said heating means, said table moving means being arranged to control said cam. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand on this 10th day of December, A. D. 1925.

EDWARD N: TAYLOR. 

